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plunge the pots as before, Obferve to place the largeit 

 andtallell plants in the back row, and fo gradually down 

 to the lowell in front. 



But where new tan was added the laii month, the beds 

 need not have any thing done to them now: for if the new 

 and old bark was then properl-y worked up and mLxed to-, 

 gether, it will now be in excellent order. 



Watering the Pines, 



Water mufl now be given to thcfe plants pretty often, 

 provided there is a good heat in the bark, for the pots 

 in general fliould be kept in a moderate degree' of moifl- 

 nefs. • 



Frequent and light waterings muil now be the pradlice, 

 which will be greatly fcrviceable to all, but particularly to 

 the fruiting plants. Wher.e the heat is good, and the 

 weather tolerably warm, the pots v/ill require moderate 

 refrelhment, every four or five days, or a week, as you 

 fhall fee nectfTary. 



Admitting Air into tke Hvt-horfi. 



Frefh air is another very neceflary article; this flicuM 

 be admitted to the pine-apple, and other planisin the hot- 

 houfe, every nne day. 



Every warm funny day, when little v/ind is flirring-, 

 let fome of i\\t glaffes or lights be opened a little way, to 

 let in frelh air ; but this muft not be done before nine or 

 ten o'clock in the morning, or, at leaft, till the fun has 

 fufhciently warmed the inclofed air of the houfe. 



Remember to fhut the glafTes clofe again, in good time, 

 in the afternoon, while the air within the houie is in a 

 proper degree of warmth. 



Succeffion ef Pine-plants. 



The pine-plants in the'fucceffion-houfe, or pit, which 

 are to bear fruit next year, mufi now be fhifted into 

 larger pots. 



The pots for this purpofe mufl not lie of the largell fize ; 

 thofe fizes called twenty- fours will be large enough for the 

 prefent. 



Having the pots and fome frefh compoA ready, let the 



plants be taken up out of the bark-bed, and immediately 



proceed to fhifting them. Turn the'plants out of their 



Ll 3 prefent 



